Daily Archives: April 21, 2009

Gordon Brown has acted “decisively” on MPs expenses after months of dragging his heels and looking the other way. Next week MPs will get to vote on a new daily allowance to replace the existing ACA (additional cost allowance) of about £24,000 a year. Read more

I had a funny feeling that only the nationalised banks would sign up wholeheartedly to Gordon Brown’s mortgage support scheme.*

Today the programme has finally be unveiled – after months of negotiations. Read more

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Jim Pickard is the FT's chief political correspondent, having joined the lobby team in January 2008. He has been at the FT since 1999 as a regional correspondent, assistant UK news editor and property correspondent.

Kiran Stacey is an FT political correspondent, having joined the lobby in 2011. He started at the FT as a graduate trainee in 2008, working on desks including UK companies and US equity markets before taking over the FT's Energy Source blog.